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Home Ministry Adheres to Supreme Court Ruling, Revises Prison Manual Rules to End Caste-based Discrimination

The amendment comes following the Supreme Court’s order on a PIL filed by The Wire’s Sukanya Shantha regarding discriminatory prison manual provisions in states.

How hate spread in 2024, a report of communal violence in India

Monitoring newspaper clippings, the CSSS report for 2024 suggests a sharp increase by 84 per cent of incidents of communal violence all over the country, with Maharashtra leading

Shaurya Yatras: Orchestrated mobilisation of hatred

With police approvals and political backing, these hate-filled processions continued throughout December, threatening India’s secular soul; 9 rallies in UP, 6 in MP, 3 in Uttarakhand and one each in Bihar, Haryana, Odisha, Assam, Goa, Rajasthan and Maharashtra

From God’s Own Country to a Hindutva Target: Kerala’s Model of Harmony Faces Persistent Threats

Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane’s controversial statement targeting Kerala reflects Hindutva’s discomfort with the state’s inclusive progress, drawing sharp criticism from political leaders and citizens alike.

Hate transcending the boundaries: Whither dictates by Supreme Leaders

After RSS was formed it went on creating many organizations steeped in its ideology of Hindutva or Hindu Nationalism, a concept based on Aryan...

Is India’s unique experiment on people’s democracy with the right to universal franchise being lampooned by a compliant Election Commission?

December 31, 2024Many epithets have been used to describe the regime in place at the centre in India since May 2014 and it is...

Gruesome murder of Sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh in Beed triggers state-wide protests, political fallout in the ruling government, and rampant calls for justice

The brutal abduction, torture, and murder of Deshmukh, who opposed a local extortion racket linked to powerful NCP leaders, has led to a surge of protests across Maharashtra by political leaders across spectrum; demands for swift justice, scrutiny intensifies over the involvement of senior politicians and the government's delayed response to rising criminality in Beed

Voices of resistance: Indigenous peoples’ struggle against the Siang Mega-Dam in Arunachal Pradesh

Siang Indigenous Farmers' Forum (SIFF) have alleged that the displacement caused by the project would render over 100,000 members of the Adi tribe landless, threatening their survival and forcing them into poverty; a history of India’s internal displacement of its peoples through “projects” shows a record that is blighting

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An Adivasi woman once in bonded labour now serves her village as a Sarpanch

As India marks 50 years of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976, cases of bonded labour still surface in states like Telangana where many workers in sectors such as agriculture, brick kilns, fishing and construction remain trapped in debt and coercion; here the author reflects on a transformative journey of an Adivasi woman who serves as a Sarpanch.

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Abdul Sheikh Citizenship Case: Deportation stayed as Gauhati High Court Hears challenge to ex parte foreigner declaration, state to raise maintainability issue

Court allows preliminary objection while continuing stay on deportation; petitioner explains delay to challenge FT order through prolonged detention, lack of access to the detenue, financial constraints, and absence of legal aid

Bhagat Singh sent to gallows once again!

Repeated attempts by present day academics to whittle down the tradition followed and forged by young revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh are bound to fail; as history endures with the traditions laid by these very men

A Law of Identity, Passed Without Listening: Inside the Transgender Amendment Bill, 2026 and the crisis it has triggered

Framed as a measure of protection, the amendment shifts identity from self-determination to State approval, raising fears of exclusion, bureaucratic control, and the erosion of dignity recognised in constitutional jurisprudence
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